So what's the deal with Kovacs?

I'm very concerned about Jordan Kovacs' condition. He only recorded a single tackle against Purdue and the TV announcers observed he was injured without specifying the extent of his injury. Have there been any reports of his condition?

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But I watched his follow thru in slo-mo (my wife is right- I'm a geek) and his hand didn't touch his thigh. I'm concerned that he ruptured a tendon or something is strained from earlier contact... No doc

Denard hurt his hand late in the 2nd quarter when he was tackled in the backfield on a failed zone-read play. After the play, he was shaking his hand as he was trotting off the field. I'm assuming that since he was back out there to start the 3rd quarter, there were no broken bones.

I wouldn't worry about it. Back in the early 1900's the Cubbies had a pitcher named "Three Finger" Mordecai Brown. Old Mordecai had a deformed right hand that he used to his advantage by developing a nasty curve ball. So Denard should be fine.

Purdue was lacking a vertical passing game for the most part, but I was somewhat surprised to see that he wasn't used as a blitzer at all. Probably wasn't brought to the line as a blitzer due to Purdue's scheme in which the ball remains in the QB's hands for a maximum of 2.5 seconds. If he was seriously injured, he wouldn't have been in the game.

If Purdue actually put up a consistent offensive attack, this might be a legitimate question. Personally I'm pretty happy if a wideout or running back doesn't make it far enough downfield for the safeties to have to make a tackle. Means the front seven is doing its job.

Attention campers. Lunch is cancelled due to lack of hustle. Deal with it.

FWIW they are reporting that Kovacs is playing through a knee sprain over on Fox Sports Next(I hate the new design over there!!). So, perhaps he was a little slow during the game but was well enough to play and didn't have to tax himself too much.

Frustrating that there is so much snark on a relatively innocent question. It's not like the OP asked about Kovacs' favorite Care Bear or something irrelevant.

Agreed that it is great that not many plays got into the secondary. But for as many people spend post after post complaining about stupid or pointless topics, there's just as many people that had stupid or pointless responses to the OP. After about the 3rd comment detailing that the lack of safety tackles is a good thing, I think we have it covered.

There is a legitimate outstanding question about Kovacs' condition. The board, with many posters that might have insight they can share seems like an appropriate place for the topic.

wasn't being snarky. I was just pointing out that with his apparent lack of production we had a pretty good defensive performance. I'd prefer to not have to rely on him to make a ton of tackles every game. that's all.

While I'm not against humorous reply posts, my original query re Kovacs' health was a legitimate question. He is the Captain on defense and our most prolific tackler (until yesterday). Hopefully, his knee injury is not serious and he will have time to recover before Illinois. Although Ilinois' record has not bee impressive, they did stay close to Wisconsin for three quarters (while on the road).